Ulrike has been overwhelmed by the support and advice she's received from her new Twitter contacts. Photograph: Hireulrike.tumblr.com/

Dear Diary,

I can't believe four months have passed by so quickly. It has been a while now since I started to build up a digital social life on Twitter. The idea was to try and find a job through social media. After more than 1,000 followers and 2,500 tweets, I was finally rewarded. I'm flying to London next week and will have my first interview.

This is how it all happened.

I was thinking: what do I need to do to catch people's attention and interest in order to get them to look at my CV and see my skills? With my CV home page, I covered all of my professional skills, but I wanted to show more than that. I wanted to show my personality, my interests in advertising and media and my thoughts about the job hunt on Twitter.

So, I started tweeting about advertising related articles, videos and blogs. I talked to followers about the industry, exchanging experiences and looking for inspiration. Michael Eichler (@michaeleichler), a creative director at the agency Dare, was the first to inspire me. After seeing some of my tweets, he contacted me to raise my attention to his agency: "Are you still looking for a job? How about Dare?"

Working for Dare could give me new inspiration, I thought. Through Michael, I met Dare's account manager. He gave me tips on my CV, such as being more specific about my achievements at the agencies I worked for and recommended that I get in contact with NABS, the National Advertising Benevolent Society.

At the NABS office, I had a session with Uzma Afridi, a career coach who screened my CV and gave me advice on what I had to do to succeed in getting the right job. I left the meeting with a bunch of homework to do. Basically, I have to think about what I want to do, where I want to work and what I can offer to a company. I'm looking forward to meeting her again. Even if Michael and Uzma didn't directly give me a job, I'm very happy and grateful to communicate with people from the industry in order to have a better picture of what one needs to succeed. But where is the job?

More people offered help. Mauricio Samayoa (@msamayoa) from @wearesocial sent me this message: "Got followed by @TheLondonJob today. She had me at her bio. I give it my thumbs up, way up!" I took the initiative and asked him to meet up in London for a chat about the industry.

Looking for advice on Twitter is the best idea I could have had. I received good feedback: the people on Twitter and the people I met in London told me that I am proactive and communicative, that I have good initiative and that I look very motivated. I was overwhelmed by the useful and detailed advice and ended up spending a lot of time thinking about my goals.

But what about my goal to get a job with the power of Twitter? Should I give up? Have I failed to do so? I know my strengths, I know what I want and I want to find a job through Twitter.

I decided to take my Twitter job search one step further: the hashtag #HireUlrike. I started tagging all my job seeking tweets with it. People on Twitter supported and motivated me with brilliant feedback, but no one else other than me could really see it.

I needed to raise the profile of my campaign.

So with my Twitter friend Dylan Lowe (@TravelingEditor), I implemented my idea in a video message: I asked people take a photo of themselves with the sign of #HireUlrike, upload it on Twitter, and I then put them in a gallery.

It's not bursting at the seams with pictures, but there's some nice additions on there. The thought behind it was whether I could involve people in taking pictures of themselves to support my job hunt; doing so, other agencies could see it and understand that I am very enthusiastic, creative and committed.

And now, all these efforts combined have started paying off. After four months of sweat and tears, I was asked for an interview. I was jumping around, singing and dancing with joy. This message made me smile, and I am still smiling.

I am flying to London next week, to attend my first interview since I started the Twitter job hunt. Will this be my story of success?